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What Happened In August 1940 In History

Historical Events for August, 1940

  • 3rd » World War II: Kingdom of Italy named Italian forces begin the Italian conquest of British Somaliland named invasion of British Somaliland.
  • 5th » World War II: The Soviet Union formally Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 1940-1941: The first Soviet occupation called annexes Latvia.
  • 6th » Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
  • 7th » World War II: Alsace-Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich.
  • 8th » The "Aufbau Ost (1940) e.g Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
  • 15th » An Kingdom of Italy known as Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli (1912) known as Greek cruiser 'Elli' at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in
  • 19th » First flight of the North American B-25 Mitchell e.g B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
  • 20th » In Mexico City, Mexico exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
  • 20th » World War II: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom e.g British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
  • 30th » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
  • 31st » Lovettsville Air Disaster called Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The Civil Aeronautics Authority e.g CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce a

Famous Birthdays on August in 1940

  • 1st » Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire
  • 1st » Ram Loevy, Israeli director and screenwriter
  • 1st » Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded the Cendant called Cendant Corporation
  • 2nd » Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006)
  • 2nd » Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 3rd » Lance Alworth, American football player
  • 3rd » Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
  • 3rd » James Tyler (music) called James Tyler, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2010)
  • 4th » Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician
  • 4th » Larry Knechtel, American bass player (Bread (band) named Bread and The Wrecking Crew (music) e.g The Wrecking Crew) (d. 2009)
  • 4th » Frances Stewart, English economist and academic
  • 4th » Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
  • 5th » Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor
  • 5th » Rick Huxley, English bass player (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2013)
  • 6th » Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
  • 6th » Louise Sorel, American actress
  • 7th » Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2014)
  • 8th » Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
  • 8th » Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
  • 10th » Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (The Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
  • 10th » Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (d. 2012)
  • 11th » Lennie Pond, American race car driver
  • 12th » Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (d. 2005)
  • 12th » Michael Brunson, English journalist
  • 13th » Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
  • 14th » Galen Hall, American football player and coach
  • 14th » Alexei Panshin, American author
  • 15th » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
  • 16th » Bruce Beresford, Australian director and producer
  • 16th » John Craven, English journalist
  • 17th » Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
  • 17th » Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
  • 18th » Adam Makowicz, Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
  • 18th » Gil Whitney, American journalist (d. 1982)
  • 18th » Charles Wilson (journalist) named Charles Wilson, Scottish journalist
  • 19th » Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 19th » Jill St. John, American actress
  • 20th » Rubén Hinojosa, American politician
  • 20th » Gus Macdonald, Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
  • 20th » Rex Sellers (cricketer) or Rex Sellers, Indian-Australian cricketer
  • 21st » Dominick Harrod, English journalist (d. 2013)
  • 21st » Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist
  • 22nd » Bill McCartney, American football player and coach, founded Promise Keepers
  • 23rd » Richard Sanders (actor) or Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter
  • 24th » Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2014)
  • 24th » Madsen Pirie, English author and educator
  • 25th » José van Dam, Belgian opera singer
  • 26th » Michael Cockerell, English journalist
  • 26th » Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (d. 2008)
  • 26th » Nik Turner, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Hawkwind, Inner City Unit, and Space Ritual (band) or Space Ritual)
  • 27th » Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (Last Exit (free jazz band) e.g Last Exit) (d. 1994)
  • 28th » William Cohen, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Defense
  • 28th » Ken Jenkins, American actor
  • 28th » Gloria Leonard, American porn actress and publisher (d. 2014)
  • 28th » Roger Pingeon, French cyclist
  • 29th » James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary (d. 2014)
  • 29th » Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)
  • 31st » Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer (d. 1986)
  • 31st » Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (The Crusaders)
  • 31st » Larry Hankin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 31st » Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010)
  • 31st » Jack Thompson (actor) called Jack Thompson, Australian actor

Famous Deaths for August 1940

  • 8th » Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
  • 16th » Eduard Sõrmus, Estonian violinist (b. 1878)
  • 17th » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
  • 18th » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
  • 22nd » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
  • 22nd » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
  • 24th » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
  • 25th » Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
  • 31st » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)

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